The American's latest atomic bomb prototype is being stolen by agents of the Red Barbarian, or so they think! Iron Man springs the trap on the spies. The Red Barbarian, however, has an ace-in-the hole, an agent called the Actor, a master of disguise. The Actor, while pillaging Stark's office for the designs to a new disintegrator beam finds evidence that Stark is Iron Man. Iron Man beats the Actor to the Iron Curtain, though, and outfoxes him. In the confusion over who's who, the Actor pays the ultimate price for treason.